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Unwin Court, 101 Fitzwarren Street, Salford., M6 5RQ
Emmaus Salford, a registered charity for the homeless, is delighted to have taken over the building known as Unwin Court receiving the keys on the 3rd March 2013. Unwin Court, which faces Salford Shopping Centre, was originally an elderly persons home and was recently used as council offices. The building, which stood empty for over a year has now been leased to Emmaus by Salford City Council and will now be renamed ‘Emmaus House’ Emmaus House once adapted will be a home to a Community Manager and 26 Emmaus Companions, this is the name given to Emmaus residents who live within a community. The building will contain a shop selling recycled furniture and household goods and there will be a workshop to make any repairs to the donated furniture. Over the coming months the shop will be opened, staff will be re-cruited and 5 experienced community members will come to live and work at Emmaus House forming the basis of our community, which will grow during 2014. Emmaus Salford will be the 25th Community to open in the UK.
The newsletter of Emmaus Salford Issue 2/2013
Emmaus
Salford
2 A bed and a reason to get out of it
Making an Impact
3 Our Shop
Keep on Running
4 How You Can Help
Inside this issue ...
Councillor Valerie Burgoyne, Chair of Emmaus
Salford, accepts the keys to Unwin Court
A Home at Last!
Emmaus Salford
A bed, and a reason to get out of it Think how you’d feel if you lost everything. No home, no bed, no food, no warmth, no comfort, no future, no family, no friends, no dignity and no reason to carry on. Night shelters and hostels are a lifeline for many, but if you’re kicked out of your hostel at 8 a.m. what do you do for 12 hours? Aimlessly walk the street and get demoralised and depressed. At Em-maus previously homeless people stop being part of
the problem and start being part of the solution. In Emmaus our residents are known as “Companions” and they get accommodation, food, clothing and a small weekly allowance. In return they sign off unem-ployment benefits and work at collecting, re-furbishing and re-selling donated household items to help sup-
port themselves and their Community. In an Emmaus Community Companions have work to do, and feel valued. Companions are accepted for who they are now, not judged for things that have gone on in the past. It’s a chance to learn new skills, get healthy, build physical and mental strength, grow self
confidence and self respect.
It’s a home and companionship and a new start to tackle issues which dragged you down in the past. “Coming to Emmaus brings you back to life.” An Emmaus community relies on money and voluntary support from lots of different people to get started. But once Communities are established they work to become self-financing through their recycling business.
Did you know?
Emmaus Communities generate
£11 for every £1 invested.
A new Social Return on Investment (SROI) study fore-casts that Emmaus Communities generate £11 each year in social, environmental and economic return for every £1 invested. The research was launched at a reception at the House of Lords in November 2012 and attended by Emmaus UK President Terry Waite and representatives from third sector organisations and the Government . The report finds that the Emmaus model is highly suc-
cessful in providing a place for people in vulnerable housing situations to rebuild their lives by offering them meaningful work and support. The most significant benefits relate to substantial improvements in residents’ physical and mental health, including reductions in sub-stance misuse. Other important outcomes include gain-ing work experience, skills and training; reductions in offending and re-building relationships with family and friends. Emmaus Communities also generate significant savings to the taxpayer. For the 21 Communities included in the research, the study forecasts that the present value of savings to local and national Government stands at al-most £6 million per year.
Making an Impact
Key outcomes for Government from Emmaus’ work in-clude fewer rough sleepers, fewer people claiming bene-fits, reduced substance misuse, reduced crime and fewer health problems. The full report, along with a short and longer summary, is available at http://www.emmaus.org.uk/sroi.
Emmaus UK President Terry Waite
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Emmaus Salford
Our Shop
We already have one small shop in Salford selling afford-able quality second hand furniture and household goods at very modest prices. The address is 100 Seaford Road, Salford, M6 6EP. It’s open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The shop is run by a team of loyal and hard working vol-unteers, mostly local Salfordians. It opened in November 2009. Since then it has made £36,000 towards establish-ing the Salford Emmaus Community.
We will soon be opening a much bigger shop in Emmaus House, 101 Fitzwarren Street, Salford M6 5RQ. If you would like to help:
We need volunteers to work in the shop, and van drivers.
Come to our shop and purchase good quality goods at good prices.
Donate items which we can resell in the shop.
“Keep on Running”
Keep on Running or should that be " When I'm 64!" Come to think of it, Paul McCartney didn't mention anything about competing in Charity Runs in his famous song.
That's no deterrent to Malcolm Sykes, himself 64, and a volunteer with Emmaus Salford. Malcolm ran in last year's Great Manchester Run to raise £700 for Emmaus Salford.
Malcolm says," It is an exciting time here in Salford. We have found a property at Unwin Court, now renamed Emmaus House, that will form a home for our Commu-nity. We need to raise all the money we can. Competing in The Manchester 10k, with over 30,000 entrants, is a great way to gain support for what we are trying to do. It also helps to keep me fit! "
Malcolm is following on from the fundraising effort of Ian Orrell, another volunteer with Emmaus Salford who raised over £6000 by walking from Lands End to John O’Groats in 2008.
Unwanted furniture?
Call us on 0161 792 2566 to arrange a
Collection. Alternatively look at our
website www.emmaus.org.uk/salford
If you would like to follow Malcolm
and Ian’s example by raising money
for Emmaus Salford please turn over
to the back page for more details.
Malcolm Sykes, a volunteer with Emmaus Salford.
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Emmaus Salford
I would like:
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To give a donation
By cheque/CAF
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Please pay Emmaus Salford the sum of
£ ____________________________ (amount in figures)
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At NatWest, 260 Bury New Road, Whitefield M45 8AB,
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How You Can Help
Emmaus Salford - 101 Fitzwarren Street, Salford, M6 5RQ. Tel. 0161 792 2566 (Community, Collections & Shop)
[email protected] - www.emmaus.org.uk/salford Emmaus Salford is a registered charity no. 1128162 and a registered company no. 6616666
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I want the charity to treat this donation and all future donations until further notice as Gift Aid donations. Title ______ First Name(s) _________________________
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Notes: 1. You must pay an amount of income tax and/or capital
gains tax at least equal to the tax that the charity reclaims on your donations in the tax year.
2. You can cancel this declaration at any time by notifying us.
3. If in future your circumstances change and you can no longer pay tax on your income or capital gains
equal to the tax that the charity reclaims, you can cancel your declaration.
4. If you pay tax at the higher rate you can claim further tax relief in your Self-Assessment tax return.
5. If you are unsure whether your donations qualify for Gift Aid tax relief please contact us or ask your local tax office for leaflet IR113 Gift Aid.
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Please tick if you no longer wish to receive information on Emmaus Salford
Giving a one-off donation or just a few pounds a month regularly will help us enormously, espe-
cially if you are a tax-payer.
Helping with ideas for fundraising or one-off events
Assisting with litter-picking, gardening and keep-ing the grounds tidy until we have Companions
To find out more about us by visiting www.localgiving.com or www.emmaus.org.uk/
You can find more information about Emmaus commu-nities in other parts of the country from Emmaus UK at
http://www.emmaus.org.uk/
If you have any other ideas of how we can help your local community or are aware of other local projects that could benefit from our assistance please feel free to contact us. We are seeking trustees and volunteers to help us create a sustainable Emmaus Community in Salford. If you would like to make a difference to the life of homeless
people in Salford then please contact us, we will be happy to hear from you.
The Chair of Emmaus Salford,
Valerie Burgoyne can be contacted at
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